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	| birthdate          = [[2998]]<ref name=HM:FWLft>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', foldout (p. 171 in PDF): "The Captains-General Line of Succession and Partial Marik Family Tree"</ref><ref name=HM:FWLp141>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 141: "Kristen Marik character profile"</ref>		| birthdate          = [[2998]]<ref name=HM:FWLft>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', foldout (p. 171 in PDF): "The Captains-General Line of Succession and Partial Marik Family Tree"</ref><ref name=HM:FWLp141>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 141: "Kristen Marik character profile"</ref>
	| died                = May [[3063]]<ref name=FCCWp40>''FedCom Civil War'', pp. 38–40: "Eagle's Flight" - "Kristen Marik killed in last hours of battle on Arcadia"</ref>		| died                = May [[3063]]<ref name=FCCWp40>''FedCom Civil War'', pp. 38–40: "Eagle's Flight" - "Kristen Marik killed in last hours of battle on Arcadia"</ref>
−	| othernames          = "Kristen Markus"	+	| othernames          = Kristen Markus
−	| affiliation        = [[House Marik-Stewart]]	+	| affiliation        = [[House Marik]]
	| rank                = [[Colonel]]<ref name=FM:Mp71>''Field Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 71</ref>		| rank                = [[Colonel]]<ref name=FM:Mp71>''Field Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 71</ref>
	| title              = [[Duchess of Augustine]]		| title              = [[Duchess of Augustine]]
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	| siblings            = [[Martin Marik|Martin]]<ref name=HM:FWLft/><br/>[[Gerald Marik III|Gerald]]<ref name=HM:FWLft/><br/>[[Therese Marik|Therese]]<ref name=HM:FWLft/><br/>[[Duggan Marik|Duggan]]<ref name=HM:FWLft/><br/>[[Cartwright Marik|Cartwright]]<ref name=HM:FWLft/><br/>[[Faith Marik|Faith]]<ref name=HM:FWLft/><br/>[[Thomas Marik (Real)|Thomas]]<ref name=HM:FWLft/><br/>[[Paul Marik (31st c.)|Paul]]<ref name=HM:FWLft/><br/>[[Janos Marik (31st c.)|Janos]]<ref name=HM:FWLft/>		| siblings            = [[Martin Marik|Martin]]<ref name=HM:FWLft/><br/>[[Gerald Marik III|Gerald]]<ref name=HM:FWLft/><br/>[[Therese Marik|Therese]]<ref name=HM:FWLft/><br/>[[Duggan Marik|Duggan]]<ref name=HM:FWLft/><br/>[[Cartwright Marik|Cartwright]]<ref name=HM:FWLft/><br/>[[Faith Marik|Faith]]<ref name=HM:FWLft/><br/>[[Thomas Marik (Real)|Thomas]]<ref name=HM:FWLft/><br/>[[Paul Marik (31st c.)|Paul]]<ref name=HM:FWLft/><br/>[[Janos Marik (31st c.)|Janos]]<ref name=HM:FWLft/>
	| spouse              = [[Jiri Rousset]]<ref name=FM:Mp71/>		| spouse              = [[Jiri Rousset]]<ref name=FM:Mp71/>
−	| children            = [[Ana Rousset-Marik|Ana]]<ref name=FM:Mp71/><br/>[[Janos Rousset-Marik|Janos]]<ref name=FM:Mp71/><br/>[[Alys Rousset-Marik|Alys]]<ref name=FM:Mp71/>	+	| children            = [[Ana Rousset-Marik|Ana]],<ref name=FM:Mp71/><br/>[[Janos Rousset-Marik|Janos]],<ref name=FM:Mp71/><br/>[[Alys Rousset-Marik|Alys]]<ref name=FM:Mp71/>
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	'''Kristen Marik''' was a [[thirty-first century]] [[House Marik|Marik]] noblewoman, [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]], and mercenary commander.		'''Kristen Marik''' was a [[thirty-first century]] [[House Marik|Marik]] noblewoman, [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]], and mercenary commander.
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	==History==		==History==
	===Early Life and Mercenary Career===		===Early Life and Mercenary Career===
−	The youngest surviving child of [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Janos Marik]] and his favorite, Kristen was a stubborn woman in her youth. She set creating a mercenary unit as her goal and thus making a name for herself. At age twenty, she changed her last name to "Markus" and signed up with the mercenary unit [[Langendorf's Lancers]] as a tech.  The mercenaries soon discovered who she really was despite her name change.  However, through her own merit, she was awarded a captured Steiner ''[[Hunchback]]''.  Her skills piloting the 'Mech rose as she claimed 3 kills by [[3025]].<ref name=HM:FWLp141/>	+	The youngest surviving child of [[Captain-General]] [[Janos Marik]] and his favorite, Kristen was a stubborn woman in her youth. She set creating a mercenary unit as her goal and thus making a name for herself. At age twenty, she changed her last name to "Markus" and signed up with the mercenary unit [[Langendorf's Lancers]] as a tech.  The mercenaries soon discovered who she really was despite her name change.  However, through her own merit, she was awarded a captured Steiner ''[[Hunchback]]''.  Her skills piloting the 'Mech rose as she claimed 3 kills by [[3025]].<ref name=HM:FWLp141/>
	She seldom visited her father during this time, having become at odds with him for taking a lover, Bronwen Rafsani, who was barely older than she was.<ref name=HM:FWLp141/>		She seldom visited her father during this time, having become at odds with him for taking a lover, Bronwen Rafsani, who was barely older than she was.<ref name=HM:FWLp141/>

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{{Refimprove}}{{Cleanup|reason=review needed|date=September 2023}} {{InfoBoxCharacter | image = Kristen Marik.jpg | caption = Kristen Marik | name = Kristen Marik | birthdate = [[2998]]<ref name=HM:FWLft>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', foldout (p. 171 in PDF): "The Captains-General Line of Succession and Partial Marik Family Tree"</ref><ref name=HM:FWLp141>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 141: "Kristen Marik character profile"</ref> | died = May [[3063]]<ref name=FCCWp40>''FedCom Civil War'', pp. 38–40: "Eagle's Flight" - "Kristen Marik killed in last hours of battle on Arcadia"</ref> | othernames = Kristen Markus | affiliation = [[House Marik]] | rank = [[Colonel]]<ref name=FM:Mp71>''Field Manual: Mercenaries'', p. 71</ref> | title = [[Duchess of Augustine]] | position = | profession = Noble | parents = [[Janos Marik]] (father)<ref name=HM:FWLft/><ref name=FM:Mp71/><br/>[[Ana Stewart]] (mother)<ref name=HM:FWLft/> | siblings = [[Martin Marik|Martin]]<ref name=HM:FWLft/><br/>[[Gerald Marik III|Gerald]]<ref name=HM:FWLft/><br/>[[Therese Marik|Therese]]<ref name=HM:FWLft/><br/>[[Duggan Marik|Duggan]]<ref name=HM:FWLft/><br/>[[Cartwright Marik|Cartwright]]<ref name=HM:FWLft/><br/>[[Faith Marik|Faith]]<ref name=HM:FWLft/><br/>[[Thomas Marik (Real)|Thomas]]<ref name=HM:FWLft/><br/>[[Paul Marik (31st c.)|Paul]]<ref name=HM:FWLft/><br/>[[Janos Marik (31st c.)|Janos]]<ref name=HM:FWLft/> | spouse = [[Jiri Rousset]]<ref name=FM:Mp71/> | children = [[Ana Rousset-Marik|Ana]],<ref name=FM:Mp71/><br/>[[Janos Rousset-Marik|Janos]],<ref name=FM:Mp71/><br/>[[Alys Rousset-Marik|Alys]]<ref name=FM:Mp71/> }} '''Kristen Marik''' was a [[thirty-first century]] [[House Marik|Marik]] noblewoman, [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]], and mercenary commander. ==History== ===Early Life and Mercenary Career=== The youngest surviving child of [[Captain-General]] [[Janos Marik]] and his favorite, Kristen was a stubborn woman in her youth. She set creating a mercenary unit as her goal and thus making a name for herself. At age twenty, she changed her last name to "Markus" and signed up with the mercenary unit [[Langendorf's Lancers]] as a tech. The mercenaries soon discovered who she really was despite her name change. However, through her own merit, she was awarded a captured Steiner ''[[Hunchback]]''. Her skills piloting the 'Mech rose as she claimed 3 kills by [[3025]].<ref name=HM:FWLp141/> She seldom visited her father during this time, having become at odds with him for taking a lover, Bronwen Rafsani, who was barely older than she was.<ref name=HM:FWLp141/> She remained with the Lancers until news of her father's assassination in [[3035]].<ref name=MSU>''Mercenaries Supplemental Update'', p. 81: "The Krushers unit profile"</ref> ===Kristen's Krushers=== Kristen received a sizable fortune from her father's will. She also became Duchess of [[Augustine]], though she had little use for the title. Kristen put her inheritance to good use. She took a number of warriors from the [[Langendorf Lancers]] to build the core of her new mercenary unit, creating the regiment [[Kristen's Krushers]] in [[3037]].<ref name=MSU/> One of the mercenaries who joined the Krushers was Kristen's future husband, Jiri Rousset.<ref name=FM:Mp71/> She then based the mercenary unit on [[Claybrooke]], getting her first contract from the Free Worlds League as a garrison force (Janos' will had a stipulation that Kristen's unit would have a contract from their League).<ref name=FM:Mp71/> Her unit moved on to contracts for both the Federated Suns and Lyran Commonwealth, slowly achieving her dream of becoming recognized across the Inner Sphere.<ref>''20 Year Update'', p. 93: "Kristen Marik's brief profile" - "Summary of events since 3025"</ref> In 3058, "[[Thomas Marik (False)|Thomas Marik]]" gave Kristen an unspecified new OmniMech manufactured in the League as a present for her sixtieth birthday.<ref name=FM:Mp71/> ===FedCom Civil War=== By [[3062]], Kristen and the Krushers were under contract with the [[Lyran Alliance]], stationed on the world of [[Coventry]]. In December, conflict erupted between the [[Coventry CPM]] and the [[Alliance Jaegers]] following the death of [[Arthur Steiner-Davion]]. The commander of the Jaegers, Jason Walker, ordered the Krushers to attack full-on into Port Lawrence's Coventry Militia Academy, taking heavy damage. Kristen protested the brutality of the Alliance's assault, which included an artillery barrage. After the fighting ended, Kristen requested time for the Krushers to rest and refit. Walker took this as an opportunity to attack the Krushers, citing "evidence of complicity with the traitors" during the battle against the Coventry CPM.<ref name=FCCWp38>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 38: "Coventry"</ref> Kristen's daughter, Major Ana Marik, commander of the Third Battalion, died holding off Jaeger forces long enough for her men to escape. Kristen led her people to their DropShips and left the planet, communicating that the Jaeger attack voided their contract with the Lyran Alliance.<ref name=FCCWp38/> In March 3063, she led the Krushers in a raid against [[Gallery]] for supplies. However, the world's ruler, [[Nondi Steiner]], was not pleased with this. She labeled the mercenary unit hostile and ordered her forces to take measures against them when they could.<ref name=FCCWp40/> During the Krushers' retreat through Lyran space, Kristen's son Janos was killed.<ref name=FMRp84>''Field Manual: Mercenaries, Revised'', p. 84</ref> ===Death=== Kristen led her people to [[Arcadia (LC)|Arcadia]], where her unit [[Battle of Arcadia (3063)|faced]] an impressive aerospace force, led by the ''[[Mjolnir (WarShip class)|Mjolnir]]''-class battlecruiser, LAS ''Yggdrasil''. The enemy aerospace power forced her to scatter landing sites on Arcadia, where the split-up mercenary unit faced the [[Second Donegal Guards]]. Kristen led her force in a desperate fight for survival, reduced to only two operational companies by April.<ref name=FCCWp40/> However, the balance of power changed as the [[Sixth Marik Militia]] arrived on planet under escort by a ''[[Thera]]''-class supercarrier battlegroup clearing the skies of hostiles. In the last hours of fighting with the Second Donegal, Kristen was wounded, and died on a medevac ship.<ref name=FCCWp40/> ==BattleMechs== Kristen was a notable ''[[Hunchback]]'' pilot while signed with the [[Langendorf Lancers]].<ref name=HM:FWLp141/><ref name=FM:Mp71/> By 3059, as the commander of the Krushers, Kristen piloted a ''[[Thunderbolt]]''.<ref name=FM:Mp71/> ==Notes== * Kristen was known for her stubbornness, her determination to go it alone without using her family name for gain. She resembled her father and was considered to be homely.{{cn}} ==Gallery== <gallery> File:Kristen-marik.jpg|Kristen Marik in 3050 </gallery> ==References== <references /> ==Bibliography== * ''[[20 Year Update]]'' * ''[[FedCom Civil War (sourcebook)|FedCom Civil War]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: Mercenaries]]'' * ''[[House Marik (The Free Worlds League)]]'' * ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental Update]]'' [[Category: Free Worlds League Characters|Marik, Kristen]]

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